The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-10
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
suggestions rs 10 the Propriety of Not
Hanging tho Anarchists.
To the Editor Of the Appeal;

ANir N'''"'ncr D. ie,.
Ever! 'ct oi our lie Is proulpteu ny
motive, sprlnging from the demands OF the
hour aud the conditions with which we
come in contact All observation is
,o;ol,aJ ,,,,,, 40 eco,o or ,bo,ol,. \yo
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relea OF accept uiSoei'eNe OF pc"eFc' 'i'at
which comes nearest being in our own os.
hmatlen tho good and the Just, but Tor al
OF thaS there frequently oNisls wide gun
IN tho attained conceptions OF the scenes OF
lie as they pass ON before our gaze, ana It
ID therefore mat we can scarcely touch
upon any subject but what we ilhd dii-
ference OF opinion. We readily accept
with glowing satisfaction the coincidlng re-
marks OF one who prnttles our views, and
are amazed, yea, frequently shocked, when
confronting those who espouse the dlrect
opposite view winch we have taken. we
even wonderhow 1t can he that Mr.. Brown
or smith should view so stupidity upon q
hlattcr SO clear 10 us, ana yet inns pro ana
con NiewlngWlll go ON IN all future ages, as
" mas always done IN the past, uhtli TIME
Hiall DC no more
NOW, nave an admiration and respect
for the opinion oil any man VINO cham-
piohs MS own conception, ana gives utter
snce TO me same, as ms conscience may
ulctale, put DO desllse inc argument OF
those VINO always rely on others 10 10
thelr thinking, ana howl anu rant me
ioudest upon question NJ issue, JUST De-
cause II may be popular SIDE, or because
circle Ol their acqualhtahces nave OK
pressed themselves previously thereby
creauhg u lne oil thought LOT tleih 10 com
INIT 70 memory, anu ~ reproduce W any
occasion where the drllt ol conversation
touches the SUBJECT
les, there exists difference oil opinion,
even upon tine question oil the condemned
Chiclgo anarchists, ana Tor one beg leave
TO I've exempt from the clanor Tor the necks
oil lhose hllsgulueu beings 30 so because
my lnhcrlhost conscience tens me that
what Is styled unanimous sentiment OF
me people 81 me city oi memphis ny me
non VIM Il. Moore, III ms ADDRESS TO the
governor oi limos, would pToDaDly Hp-
pear quite different II the good people oil
uils community were thoroughly acquihnt-
ed with the case, the whole case, ana moth
ing but the ease, which has caused so
much commoion all over TINS WIDE world;
VIII even make broader assertion, ana
THIS VIII bring to be the RISK OF having the
stencil plate WIN the word anarchist ap.
Piled 10 my back, 10y saying, with q iull
conviction ol my soul, that would deem
the rope application To these mon, collect.
lively, blot upon the name ana lame ol
this, our imr country, which time could
mover wash away, and all THIS simply be-
cause ] believe the trial to have been con
Quoted under the guidance oi the spirit OF
prejudice. and IN the dircct iorcordalned
interest OF the hangman. Now, this may
seem strange that such n belief should
exist IN one who abhors and processes
none Of the doctrines OF the condemned,
and IN spite OF the rendered deriNons OF
the higher courts, and vet this conviction
Is deep rooted and cannot be cast oil,
though Il las gone through a vigorous en-.
deayor 10 do 10. may now become OF
interest 10 the reader to know upon what
this conviction is based, to which ! can
say: "Thc literature of the trial, together
With private information, has blua,Gt
about this convincing power" Is.ir.-
proceeding further let me ask the ay.'l.a
Memphian what he knows of that tia ,
The answer nnhesitatingly will he that nc
has read IL all in the papers.
Now this | deny, and deny It with much
emphasis Al that; you have not rcad II all,
neither have you read one-half; yea, you
have not read one-tenth part, II your in
formant was home journal. Remember
IL took several men 10 carry the manu-.
scripts into the supreme courts, you may
have read highly favored synopsis Of the
proceedings sent over the wire day by day,
varying from one 10 one and a half col
umns, issued by the press association cor
respondent 1T the other end OF the line,
hut than Nhta only lngfn1 lnNH tho
prosecution had there say. When the de-
Tense took lis turn the aid Of microscope
was necessary Ia find the place where the
nc0rd Of the case was printed.
Now. no blame can be attached 10 our
prcss Tor this shortening, for they present
u their readers just what is sent them by
The above mentioned authority; in short,
they publish the news rs they get II, to-
gciher with any commendaia, pervesion or
sclf-consiruction OF said reporter, Dc this
mighty influence for good or evil, for right
or wrong. II was through the kindness Oi
n relative nj Chicago that | was made the
pcipicn, of the proceedings Of the trial M
presented by the Daily News lone Of the
bittcrcst opponent OF the condcmnedl, and
from H. columns formed an opinion. The
late news Of this week certainly has star
lied our community, including myself, but
the finding Of bombs in the cell Of the
wretch lingg ought not 10 influence a be-
lief that the other six were equally con.
ccrncd until positive proof has been pro
duccd; IL Is q dcplomblc condition for the
other, who in III likelihood knew nothing
Of this, the fact nevertheless will prcju.
dice luke warm sympnthzcn. Now,
claip,, with TIE world-rcnowned Prof. Felix
Adler oi No York, that the equal guilt
al all those men is not established 10y the
ulsl, and that the punching OF the scyon
men IN 4 trial for their necks is against the
spirit Of our institution, more especially
whom considering that there h So much